New Rockford Transcript - Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883

Viola "Vi" Gisi

New Rockford, N.D.

Viola Janet (Gjestvang) Gisi, age 90, was born March 28, 1932, to Ivar and Nora Helen (Rude) Gjestvang. She was the third of seven siblings and was born in McHenry, N.D., where there was a house used as a hospital.

The Gjestvang family lived at that time on a farm near Hamar, N.D., then moved to a farm south of Warwick. Finally, the family moved to a farm 9 mi...